Antimicrobial resistance in low-and middle-income countries: current status and future directions

G Sulis, S Sayood, S Gandra - Expert review of anti-infective …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Rising rates of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) globally continue to pose agrave
threat to human health. Low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) are disproportionately …

Seroprevalence and risk factors of COVID-19 in healthcare workers from 11 African countries: a scoping review and appraisal of existing evidence

SA Müller, RR Wood, J Hanefeld… - Health policy and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
A better understanding of serological data and risk factors for coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) infection in healthcare workers (HCWs) is especially important in African …

What does the COVID-19 pandemic mean for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria control?

F Amimo, B Lambert, A Magit - Tropical medicine and health, 2020 - Springer
Despite its current relatively low global share of cases and deaths in Africa compared to
other regions, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has the potential to trigger other larger …

[HTML][HTML] Interventions to reduce risk for pathogen spillover and early disease spread to prevent outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics

NM Vora, L Hannah, C Walzer, MM Vale… - Emerging infectious …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The pathogens that cause most emerging infectious diseases in humans originate in
animals, particularly wildlife, and then spill over into humans. The accelerating frequency …

Tuberculosis IRIS: pathogenesis, presentation, and management across the spectrum of disease

CM Quinn, V Poplin, J Kasibante, K Yuquimpo… - Life, 2020 - mdpi.com
Antiretroviral therapy (ART), while essential in combatting tuberculosis (TB) and HIV
coinfection, is often complicated by the TB-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory …

Metagenomic next-generation sequencing of samples from pediatric febrile illness in Tororo, Uganda

A Ramesh, S Nakielny, J Hsu, M Kyohere… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Febrile illness is a major burden in African children, and non-malarial causes of fever are
uncertain. In this retrospective exploratory study, we used metagenomic next-generation …

Non-malarial febrile illness: a systematic review of published aetiological studies and case reports from Africa, 1980–2015

J Elven, P Dahal, EA Ashley, NV Thomas, P Shrestha… - BMC medicine, 2020 - Springer
Background The availability of reliable point-of-care tests for malaria has heralded a
paradigm shift in the management of febrile illnesses away from presumptive antimalarial …

Dengue virus infection and associated risk factors in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

GO Mwanyika, LEG Mboera, S Rugarabamu, B Ngingo… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Dengue contributes a significant burden on global public health and economies. In Africa,
the burden of dengue virus (DENV) infection is not well described. This review was …

Zika viruses of African and Asian lineages cause fetal harm in a mouse model of vertical transmission

AS Jaeger, RA Murrieta, LR Goren… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Congenital Zika virus (ZIKV) infection was first linked to birth defects during the American
outbreak in 2015/2016. It has been proposed that mutations unique to the Asian/American …

Impact of the introduction of a package of diagnostic tools, diagnostic algorithm, and training and communication on outpatient acute fever case management at 3 …

J Kapisi, A Sserwanga, FE Kitutu… - Clinical Infectious …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Increasing trends of antimicrobial resistance are observed around the world,
driven in part by excessive use of antimicrobials. Limited access to diagnostics, particularly …